English Vocab Unit 2 Sets A and B (copy)

Adroit

Skillful, expert in the use of hands or mind

Benevolent

Kindly, charitable

Cursory

Hasty, not thorough; quickly without concern of quality

Duplicity

Treachery, deceitfulness

Feasible

Possible, able to be done

Grimace

(n) A wry face, facial distortion, (verb) to make a wry face

Holocaust

A large-scale destruction, especially by fire; a vast slaughter; a burnt offering

Meticulous

Extremely careful; particular about details

Quintessence

The purest essence or form of something; the most typical example

Scrutinize

To examine closely (not always negative)

Amicable

Peaceable, friendly

Averse

Having a deep-seated distaste; opposed, unwilling

Belligerent

(adj.) Given to fighting, warlike; combative, aggressive; (n.) one at war, one engaged in war

Extol

To praise extravagantly

Impervious

Not affected or hurt by; admitting of no passage or entrance

Impetus

A moving force, impulse, stimulus, the thing that started a movement; sets things into motion

Jeopardy

Danger

Nostalgia

A longing for something past; homesickness

Retrogress

To move backward; to return to an earlier condition

Tepid

Lukewarm; unenthusiastic, marked by an absence of sin